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Former Navy long snapper Joe Cardona has signed a four-year, $2.47 million contract with the New England Patriots.
Cardona was a fifth-round draft pick.
Although Cardona has a five-year military service commitment, Cardona has been able to take part...

Navy long snapper Joe Cardona was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round.
Cardona had worked out privately for the Patriots and visited the Philadelphia Eagles. He had a dinner meeting with Patriots coach Bill Belichick, an Annapolis...

Navy long snapper Joe Cardona worked out for the New England Patriots and visited the Philadelphia Eagles, according to NFL sources.
Cardona has also drawn strong interest from the Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts and Minnesota...

Navy long snapper Joe Cardona is scheduled to visit the Philadelphia Eagles next week, according to a league source.
His snaps have been clocked at 41 mph, reaching the punter's hands in less than a second.
A four-year starter, Cardona was the only long...

When Joe Cardona grips a football and fires it backward between his legs, the Navy long snapper does so with a high degree of precision.
His snaps have been clocked at 41 miles per hour, reaching the punter’s hands in less than a second. And the...

Navy long snapper Joe Cardona is making his bid for a shot in the NFL by playing in today's Senior Bowl all-star game for the North squad.
He's the third player in school history to play in this game, joining former Navy fullback Eric Kettani in 2008 and...

Noah Copeland and Chris Swain were stretching together during a practice early last week when Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo approached his top two fullbacks with a little pep talk.
"Coach Niumat kind of called us out, told us we need to show up," Copeland...

The painting is hung prominently in the private office of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Titled "Wide Left," it shows an oversized football, a tiny goal post and the final score of 23-20, collectively representing the end of last year's AFC...

The life of a Navy football player usually reflects the regimented daily grind of a typical midshipman. There is one major difference: on the field, the route taken by many of Ken Niumatalolo's players is not always like an early morning march, a ramrod...

To those on the outside, it would appear that much has changed for Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo and the Midshipmen over the past year.After averaging nine wins a season in his first three years as Paul Johnson's successor, Niumatalolo had his first losing...

Alexander Teich has had his share of memorable games at the Naval Academy during his four years in Annapolis. At the top of the list was his performance last year against Notre Dame, when Teich rushed for 210 yards -- becoming the first Navy fullback to...

PHILADELPHIA – One of the mottos of the Navy football program under head coach Ken Niumatalolo has been “No excuses.”
It is printed on T-shirts the Midshipmen wear and the slogan can be found throughout the football facilities in Ricketts Hall.
That being...

Ken Niumatalolo likened Air Force-Navy football to those epic seven-game series between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers during the NBA finals of the 1980s.
“There are all sorts of subtle in-game adjustments and both teams are always trying to...

Navy football player Jamir Tillman was expecting to be chosen in the NFL draft at some point Saturday. Numerous discussions with NFL scouts and general managers led Tillman and his agent to believe the talented wide receiver would be selected in the sixth...

Quarterback Keenan Reynolds and fullback Chris Swain played prominent roles in Navy's triple-option offense the past four years.
Reynolds was the orchestrator charged with reading defenses and distributing the ball. Along the way, the 5-foot-11,...

A posse of professional scouts holding clipboards and stopwatches, eight former Navy football players in special Under Armour outfits, a couple anxious agents and about two dozen interested onlookers.
That was the scene Friday morning at Navy Pro Day,...

Editor's Note: This is part of a week-long series profiling a handful of Navy's top seniors leading up to Saturday's 116th Army-Navy game.
Chris Swain has been an impressive physical specimen since the day he arrived in Annapolis. When Navy football...

Eric Kettani was hoping to be in Foxboro this week, practicing with the New England Patriots.
Instead, Lieutenant Kettani was at the Naval Academy, working in the Public Affairs Office.
While disappointed that he's not playing professional football at...

As the only long snapper invited to the NFL Combine, Joe Cardona knew he was a potential draft choice. However, there was no certainty on that front considering Cardona has a five-year military commitment.
Needless to say, Cardona was ecstatic when his...

Jeff Fair's office on the ground floor of Ricketts Hall speaks to a long, distinguished career as an athletic trainer within the world of Division I college football.
Filling the book shelves are a library's worth of sports medicine books, a clear sign...